Okay, thank you all. I will use the Yahoo! Graded Browser Support matrix for information.
-- Brett P. On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 3:23 AM, Ted Drake <tdr...@yahoo-inc.com> wrote: > The Yahoo! Graded Browser Support matrix is a good standard of what > browsers are appropriately supported. > http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/articles/gbs/ > > You can point clients to this page for justifications. It is appropriate > for general use web sites. If your users are disproportionally stuck behind > outdated computers this will not work. > > Ted > > ------------------------------ > *From:* li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] *On > Behalf Of *Sam Sherlock > *Sent:* Friday, March 20, 2009 4:25 AM > *To:* wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > *Subject:* Re: [WSG] Re: Browser Backwards Compatibility -- How far back? > > Old Mac Users are stuck I tried to a get a friends mac online and using > Yahoo Mail (around the time a ymail dropped support of that browser) it had > ie5 and nothing would work at all, no other options it was a second hand > (supposedly cost effective machine) phazed into obselence. I frequently see > IE6 on win xp in my logs, I have been in net cafes that refuse to update ie > to 7 on xp (they did not express why). I am yearning for the day when IE6 > can be removed from the equation, but I find following a few simple > guidelines much of the trauma can be alleviated (I have just tested a basic > liquid grid in ie6 and all is seeming well). > > I say to clients that I support browsers currently supported by respect > vendors + IE6 on xp / win2k (but when more advanced features are aimed for > these may work or not on such horrid browsers - and if so to a lesser > degree) ~ Its been a while since I have seen win ie 5.x in a log of any > of my sites > > The web is rapidly evolving, which make treeware pretty bad at keeping up. > > > when at college 10+ years ago my lecturer advised to avoid books - since > anything printed will need revision by the time its printed (it was seen as > an extreme view then ~ still like books myself but I understood his gist) > > Going too far back prevents much progress ~ clients usually appreciate that > > > Verify everything you read by seeing what others have to say in > 'blogsphere'. There is discussion about the jQuery.com site not displaying > correctly in IE7 currently the issue has not been identified as yet but the > cause is thought to be a plugin/addon for the browsers. (thats something to > be careful of when testing ~ if a client complains about display issues > check what extensions to the browser are being used) > > > @Sigurd - I am suprised to hear that Silverstripe administration supports > IE6. I have been meaning to checkout Silverstripe having heard great things > about it and what I have seen is very impressive indeed > > - S > > > 2009/3/20 MichaelMD <md...@spraci.com> > >> On Sun, 2009-03-15 at 21:10 +1300, Sigurd Magnusson wrote: >> > Most websites we build at SilverStripe have IE 6.0 as a minimum, and >> > even then, we're unpatiently anticipating the time when we can drop IE >> > 6. >> >> I still see quite a few people using IE5 Mac (probably OS9 users stuck >> with that) in the server logs here and LOTS of IE6 ... so I think it >> will be a while somehow... >> >> >> >> >> >> ******************************************************************* >> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >> Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org >> ******************************************************************* >> >> > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
